Accompanied by a contingent of life sciences leaders from SCbio, the South Carolina Department of Commerce, Upstate Alliance, the Charleston Regional Development Alliance and others, South Carolina is making its presence felt at Arab Health 2019 — the global medical and life sciences conference held annually in Dubai. And Greenville’s own Humimic Medical is making its own presence felt as well.
Imagine a gelatin solution that mimics soft human tissue. One that doesn’t require refrigeration, and that opens doors to a world of medical industry research and training without the obstacles that come with cadavers.
The product exists, developed eight years ago by Joel Edwards in his Arkansas basement. It was sparked by an idea, and initially sold to defense companies for testing under the name Clear Ballistics.
In recent years, physicians and medical researchers took notice, prompting the spinoff of a company called Humimic Medical.
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